Kiara Ross, a former employee at one of Williams’ restaurants, Soul Crab Atlanta, which has since closed, said she was “triggered” by the former restaurateur.

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“I just wanted my money. This is two years ago,” Ross, who also filed a police report for assault against Williams, said. “I don’t know Angela. I started going through the thread and I wanted to tell my story. I’ve been sitting on it for so long and it has to stop. I didn’t know how much it triggered me until now.”

Screenwriter Kevin Fredericks, also known as KevOnStage, who interviewed Williams on the visual podcast show Ask A Millionaire in 2019, disavowed Williams' actions and said he was unaware of the allegations against him until recently.

“I wanna say clearly, I do not support Darius Cooks. I believed the stuff he said like most people,” Fredericks revealed. “At the time of the Ask A Millionaire interview, I saw his Shopify screenshots, I saw his Dining With Darius stuff, I saw the amount of money that he was posting and I believed him.”

“I should have done more diligence and more research to make sure those claims were credible and I did not do that and I apologize,” he continued.

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